[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 36/36] doc: advertise Alveo SN1000 SmartNICs family support

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 10/13/2020 2:45 PM, Andrew Rybchenko wrote:
> Alveo SN1000 family is SmartNICs based on EF100 architecture.

Is "Alveo SN1000" and "Riverhead" are same device?


> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Rybchenko <arybchenko at solarflare.com>
> ---
>   doc/guides/nics/sfc_efx.rst | 18 ++++++++++++------
>   1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/sfc_efx.rst b/doc/guides/nics/sfc_efx.rst
> index c89484d473..959b52c1c3 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/nics/sfc_efx.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/nics/sfc_efx.rst
> @@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ Solarflare libefx-based Poll Mode Driver
>   ========================================
>   
>   The SFC EFX PMD (**librte_pmd_sfc_efx**) provides poll mode driver support
> -for **Solarflare SFN7xxx and SFN8xxx** family of 10/40 Gbps adapters and
> -**Solarflare XtremeScale X2xxx** family of 10/25/40/50/100 Gbps adapters.
> +for **Solarflare SFN7xxx and SFN8xxx** family of 10/40 Gbps adapters,
> +**Solarflare XtremeScale X2xxx** family of 10/25/40/50/100 Gbps adapters and
> +**Alveo SN1000 SmartNICs** family of 10/25/40/50/100 Gbps adapters.
>   SFC EFX PMD has support for the latest Linux and FreeBSD operating systems.
>   

Again does web page should be updated too?

>   More information can be found at `Solarflare Communications website
> @@ -219,6 +220,10 @@ conditions is met:
>   Supported NICs
>   --------------
>   
> +- Xilinx Adapters:
> +
> +   - Alveo SN1022 SmartNIC
> +

Can you provide a link for the device? I didn't able to find it by a simple search.

IF you can provide updates, I can squash to the set later.

>   - Solarflare XtremeScale Adapters:
>   
>      - Solarflare X2522 Dual Port SFP28 10/25GbE Adapter
> @@ -351,10 +356,11 @@ boolean parameters value.
>   - ``fw_variant`` [dont-care|full-feature|ultra-low-latency|
>     capture-packed-stream|dpdk] (default **dont-care**)
>   
> -  Choose the preferred firmware variant to use. In order for the selected
> -  option to have an effect, the **sfboot** utility must be configured with the
> -  **auto** firmware-variant option. The preferred firmware variant applies to
> -  all ports on the NIC.
> +  Choose the preferred firmware variant to use.
> +  The parameter is supported for SFN7xxX, SFN8xxx and X2xxx families only.
> +  In order for the selected option to have an effect, the **sfboot** utility
> +  must be configured with the **auto** firmware-variant option.
> +  The preferred firmware variant applies to all ports on the NIC.
>     **dont-care** ensures that the driver can attach to an unprivileged function.
>     The datapath firmware type to use is controlled by the **sfboot**
>     utility.
>